Download Link for your Favorite Presentaion is at the End of this Page ***************************************************************************************** An introduction to Control Flow Testing – A Black Box Testing Technique Behavioral control-flow testing was introduced as the fundamental model of black-box testing. The control-flow graph is the basic model for the test design. Control-flow behavioral testing is a fundamental testing technique that is applicable to majority of software programs and is quite effective for them. It is generally applicable for comparatively smaller programs or even for smaller segments of bigger programs. The Technique of Test Design & Execution Test design begins by creating a behavioral control-flow…

Are Certified Software Testers Really the Experts? Becoming a Software Tester can be a very challenging task. There are many who do it because they love to use their creativity to find problems or flaws in programs; others become a Certified Software Tester to prove to the rest of their colleagues that they can be superior and many more get a Certification just because of the economic rewards they will get from their employers. But, does a certification turn a Software Tester into an expert? The debate is being held constantly in many IT departments and among many development teams.…

Understanding of Metrics – Project Managers watch in a Testing Effort In test development projects, software testing effort yields deliverables like test plans, test design, test development and test execution. A good project manager is the one who applies the principles of metrics to plan, organize & control his/her project deliverables in quantifiable / measurable terms. Here we are talking about two significant terms i.e. 1) Control & 2) Measurement Control: The test manager is able to foresee the deviations from the plan, so that he/she gets sufficient breathing time to react & get lesser & lesser surprises. Measurement: It refers to documenting past…

How Bright our Career is in Software Testing? A question of great significance comes to the mind of most of the IT professionals i.e. What kind of future I can have in a Software Testing Career? The answer is to this is complex. It’s easy to reach a dead-end in testing; we need to intelligently manage the career or we may get bewildered. There is a general belief that pay is lower in testing than in other development positions, but this belief can be proved otherwise if we actively build our skills and pick our employers a bit carefully. Attrition…

Database Testing Interview Questions: Q. 11 to 20 Q. 11: How do we use SQL queries in QTP? By using output database check point and database check point, Select SQL manual queries option And enter the “select” queries to retrieve data in the database and compare the expected and actual results <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 12: What SQL statements have you used in Database Testing? The most important statement for database testing is the SELECT statement, which returns data rows from one or multiple tables that satisfies a given set of criteria. We can use other DML (Data Manipulation Language)…

Database Testing Interview Questions: Q. 1 to 10 Q. 1: What we normally check for in the Database Testing? In Database Testing we need to check, 1) The field size validation 2) Check constraints. 3) Indexes are done or not (for performance related issues) 4) Stored procedures 5) The field size defined in the application is matching with that in the db. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 2: What is Database testing? Database testing include the following. 1) Data validity testing: For doing data validity testing you should be good in SQL queries. 2) Data Integrity testing: For data integrity testing you should…

Reliability Testing & Assessment of Risks due to Poor Reliability Reliability tests are designed to confirm whether the software will work in the expected environment for an acceptable amount of time without degradation. It is quite difficult to perform reliability testing effectively and generally it becomes more & more difficult due to the lack of clear requirements. Everyone expects the software to “Work”, but no one prefers to define what “Work” means. This is the great challenge ISTQB certified “Technical Test Analysts” encounter while planning and executing the reliability tests. What is the meaning of reliability? First of all let us understand the meaning of…

Tips for Success in a Job Interview especially for Software Testers Following guidelines in the form of short questions will help you in making a graceful presentation in an interview for a position in Software Testing & Quality Assurance or may be any other one. Psychologists have observed that around 93% of total communication in an interview remain nonverbal. Usually HR Managers & other Interviewers form an impression about the suitability of a candidate at their first glance at him/her & during first five minutes of interaction. During rest of the period they try to validate the correctness of such impression…

Software Quality Attributes addressed by ISTQB Certified Experts Test Analyst & Technical Test Analyst Knowing the various software characteristics and being able to develop specific tests for them is a central or common skill expected to be with any “Test Analyst” / “Technical Test Analyst”. Here we are briefly talking about some of the fundamental issues relating to software quality characteristics that are sometimes called attributes. Let us see which are the characteristics and which are applicable to which skill set. Software Quality Attributes: There is a set of principal attributes that are used to describe the quality of software…

Rehearsal of LoadRunner in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 71 – 80 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP LoadRunner, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 80 short questions on LoadRunner & Load-Testing, the Test Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q.71: Estimating Target Load Levels. Once you have identified the current load levels, the next step is to understand as accurately and as objectively as possible the nature of…

Rehearsal of LoadRunner in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 61 – 70 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP LoadRunner, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 80 short questions on LoadRunner & Load-Testing, the Test Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q.61: Which information is not available while viewing the summary data? The following graphs are not available when viewing summary data only: 1) Data Point (Sum) 2) Error 3)…

Rehearsal of LoadRunner in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 51 – 60 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP LoadRunner, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 80 short questions on LoadRunner & Load-Testing, the Test Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q.51: How many types of Goals are there in Goal-Oriented Scenario? Load Runner provides following types of goals in a goal oriented scenario: 1) The number of concurrent Vusers…

Rehearsal of LoadRunner in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 41 – 50 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP LoadRunner, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 80 short questions on LoadRunner & Load-Testing, the Test Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q.41: What does vuser_init action contain? Vuser_init action contains procedures to login to a server. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q.42: What does vuser_end action contain? Vuser_end section contains log off…

Rehearsal of LoadRunner in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 31 – 40 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP LoadRunner, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 80 short questions on LoadRunner & Load-Testing, the Test Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q.31: What is the advantage of running the Vuser as thread? VuGen provides the facility to use multithreading. This enables more Vusers to be run per generator. If the…

Rehearsal of LoadRunner in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 21 – 30 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP LoadRunner, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 80 short questions on LoadRunner & Load-Testing, the Test Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q.21: VuGen Recording and Scripting? LoadRunner script code obtained from recording in the ANSI C language syntax, represented by icons in icon view until you click Script View. <<<<<<…

Rehearsal of LoadRunner in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 11 – 20 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP LoadRunner, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 80 short questions on LoadRunner & Load-Testing, the Test Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q.11: What is a function to capture dynamic values in the web vuser script? Web_reg_save_param function saves dynamic data information to a parameter. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q.12: What Component…

Rehearsal of LoadRunner in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 1 – 10 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP LoadRunner, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 80 short questions on LoadRunner & Load-Testing, the Test Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q.1: What is Load Testing? Load testing is to test that if the application works fine with the loads that result from large number of simultaneous users, transactions and…

How to get better prepared for a Job Interview ? An Expert Quiz (Part-2) We are presenting a Behavioral Quiz prepared by the HR experts. Irrespective of the fact whether you are a tester or some other professional, just practice it before attending any interview & you will be better prepared to face the challenge. Guidelines to Practice the Quiz: A) The two-part quiz contains 20 Special Questions. Correct or the best answers are available at the end of each section. B) To understand the Logic behind the best answer, justification is provided alongwith every question. C) You can evaluate…

How to get better prepared for a Job Interview ? An Expert Quiz (Part-1) We are presenting a Behavioral Quiz prepared by the HR experts. Irrespective of the fact whether you are a tester or some other professional, just practice it before attending any interview & you will be better prepared to face the challenge. Guidelines to Practice the Quiz: A) The two-part quiz contains 20  Special Questions. Correct or the best answers are available at the end of each section. B) To understand the Logic behind the best answer, justification is provided alongwith every question. C) You can evaluate…

Challenges for Good Design & Testing of GUI components in an application GUI design of any application is rated good or bad according to the two fundamental attributes like: 1) Interaction: Means how the user is able to interacts with his application. 2) Appearance: Refers to how the application interface appears to the user. Generally users are comfortable with a GUI design, “look & feel” of which is consistent. Primary objective of GUI testing is to ensure the correct navigation like getting desired response when some Icon, menu choice, or ratio button is clicked. Testers look for the compliance of following GUI…

Art of giving Telephonic Interviews – 35 Golden Tips These days telephonic Interviews are gaining more & more popularity all over especially in the IT sector. It is a comparatively economical & fast track method of hiring people with ease. Employers get an easy opportunity of assessing the candidates on areas like: a) Communication skill b) Knowledge on the subject and presence of mind Usually you may not get enough time to prepare for a telephonic interview. You don’t know when you will get the call once you start sending your resume out. The call may come at the worst…

Types of Software Systems posing great challenge to the Test Analysts The “Test Manager” tackles the managerial issues of the testing process, while ISTQB certified experts like “Test Analysts” and “Technical Test Analysts” draw an outline of different systems they are going to deal with & analyze their effects on the overall testing approach. The “Test Analysts” make their expert contribution towards risk management of the overall risk-based testing process. Types of Systems handled by Test Analysts “Test Analysts” come across different types of systems that need to be tested, according to varied levels of risk. However, following types of…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 171 – 180 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 171: While merging the two object repositories, what are the filter options available for target object repository? Show all objects & show only objects with conflicting descriptions <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 172:What…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 161 – 170 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 161: How do you know the no of links in a web page? Answer -1: By Page Check point, Answer-2: By following set of statements: Set PageDesc = Description.Create PageDesc(“Class Name”).Value = “Link”Set Pages…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 151 – 160 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 151: What does a Recovery Scenario consists of? Trigger: Trigger is nothing but the cause for initiating the recovery scenario. It could be any popup window, any test error, particular state of an…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 141 – 150 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 141: How can we get the no. of descriptions defined in a collection? By using obj_ChkDesc.Count <<<<<< =================== >>>>>>   Q. 142: How can you remove a description from the collection? obj_ChkDesc.remove…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 131-140 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 131: How to Merge Object repositories? QTP Plus setup provides Repositories Merge Utility. The Object Repository Merge Utility enables user to merge Object repository files into a single Object repository file. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>>…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 121 – 130 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 121: How you can enhance your test? There is variety of options to enhance our test: 1) You can add checkpoints to your test. A checkpoint is a step in your test…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 111 – 120 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 111: How many Add-ins comes by default with QTP? There are 3 Add-ins comes with QTP: 1) ActiveX 2) Visual Basic 3) Web <<<<<<=================== >>>>>> Q. 112: What are the different views…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 101 – 110 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 101: What the differences are and best practical application of each of the Object Repositories? Per Action: For Each Action, one Object Repository is created. Shared: One Object Repository is used by entire application…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 91 – 100 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 91: How to add a text checkpoint to your test to check whether ‘welcome’ is displayed in your welcome page. 1) Locate the page where you want to add a text checkpoint.…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 81 – 90 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 81: How to do we do the scripting? Is there any inbuilt functions in QTP as in QTP-S? What is the difference between them? How to handle script issues? Yes, there’s an…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 71 – 80 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 71: What can be the Syntax to call one script from another? And what can be the Syntax to call one “Action” in another? RunAction ActionName, [IterationMode , IterationRange , Parameters] Here…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 51 – 60 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 51: How can we clear the AutoComplete? 1) In your Internet Explorer�s menu bar, choose Tools > Internet Options > Content tab. 2) Click AutoComplete in the Personal information area. The AutoComplete…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 61 – 70 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 61: How do you create new test sets in Test Director? Login to Test Director. Click on “Test Lab” tab. Select the Desired folder under which we need to Create the Test…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 41 – 50 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 41: How to analyze the test results using QTP? When QTP finishes running the test, the Test Results window opens. Initially, the Test Results window contains two panes for displaying the key…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 31 – 40 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 31: Briefly explain the utility of Table and Database Checkpoints? By adding table checkpoints to your tests or components, you can check: a) That a specified value is displayed in a cell…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 21 – 30 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 21: What is keyword view and Expert view in QTP? By QTP’s Keyword Driven approach, the test automation experts have full access to the underlying test and object properties, via an integrated…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 11 – 20 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 11: How to open a new test using QTP? 1) If QTP is not currently open: Choose Start > Programs > QuickTest Professional > QuickTest Professional. If the Welcome window opens, click…

Rehearsal of QTP in 1 Hr: Interview Questions 1 10 While appearing in an interview for a position on HP QuickTest Professional, do a quick rehearsal of your knowledge on this tool. Here is a collection of 180 short questions, QTP Managers commonly use while interviewing new aspirants for their organization. The entire rehearsal of these questions can take less than an hour. Set of Ten Questions Q. 1: Tell me briefly about QTP? If you are going for a position related to QTP, you could expect this as the first question in the interview. The first step on the part…

Risk Assessment and Analysis Checklist The most important aspect of any project management effort is to ensure that risk assessment estimates are realistic ones. It is important to note that experience of the project manager counts a lot in making judgement on the project risks. Following checklist offers many thoughtfully designed questions to help the QA managers & team leads in making judgement on the accuracy of various types of risks involved.   How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against…

General HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 51 – 60 Set of Ten Questions Q. 51: What qualities do you look for in a boss? Be generic and positive. Safe qualities are knowledgeable, a sense of humor, fair, loyal to subordinates and holder of high standards. All bosses think they have these traits. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 53: Tell me about a time when you helped resolve a dispute between others. Pick a specific incident. Concentrate on your problem solving technique and not the dispute you settled. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 54: What position do you prefer on…

General HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 41 – 50 Set of Ten Questions Q. 41: How would you know you were successful on this job? Several ways are good measures: You set high standards for yourself and meet them. Your outcomes are a success. Your boss tell you that you are successful <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 42: What type of classes or training are you planning to pursue at this point? You want to look dedicated to developing your profession but you don�t want to appear to have so much going on that you won�t be 100…

General HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 31 – 40 Set of Ten Questions Q. 31: What are you looking for in a job? You can use the same answers as in Q. 29. Stay away from a specific job. You cannot win. If you say the job you are contending for is it, you strain credibility. If you say another job is it, you plant the suspicion that you will be dissatisfied with this position if hired. The best is to stay genetic and say something like: A job where I love the work, like the people,…

General HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 21 – 30 Set of Ten Questions Q. 21: If you had enough money to retire right now, would you? Answer yes if you would. But since you need to work, this is the type of work you prefer. Do not say yes if you do not mean it. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 22: Have you ever been asked to leave a position? If you have not, say no. If you have, be honest, brief and avoid saying negative things about the people or organization involved. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 23:…

General HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 11 – 20 Set of Ten Questions Q. 11: What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year? Try to include improvement activities that relate to the job. A wide variety of activities can be mentioned as positive self-improvement. Have some good ones handy to mention. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 12: Are you applying for other jobs? Be honest but do not spend a lot of time in this area. Keep the focus on this job and what you can do for this organization. Anything else is a…

General HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 1 – 10 This is a collection of traditional and behavior-based interview questions, HR personnel usually shoot on the applicants going for a position at any level in an organization. To help you understand how to tackle such questions in your job interview, a strategy suggestion on the question is provided, after every question. Irrespective of the fact whether you are a Software Tester or a Developer or any other professional you can use following questions to sail through the job interview comfortably. Set of Ten Questions Q. 1: Can you…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 56 – 60 Set of Five Questions Q. 56: What was the toughest part of your last job? This question is more difficult to redefine into something positive. Your interviewer will assume that whatever you found toughest may give you a problem in your new position. Best Answer can be – State that there was nothing in your prior position that you found overly difficult, and let your answer go at that. If pressed to expand your answer, you could describe the aspects of the position you enjoyed more than others, making…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 51 – 55 Set of Five Questions Q. 51: What are your goals? Not having any or having only vague generalities, not highly specific goals. Best Answer can be – Many executives in a position to hire you are strong believers in goal-setting. (It’s one of the reason they’ve achieved so much). They like to hire in kind. If you’re vague about your career and personal goals, it could be a big turnoff to may people you will encounter in your job search. Be ready to discuss your goals for each…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 46 – 50 Set of Five Questions Q. 46: How many hours a week do you normally work? You don’t want to give a specific number. Make it to low, and you may not measure up. Too high, and you’ll forever feel guilty about sneaking out the door at 5:15. Best Answer can be If you are in fact a workaholic and you sense this company would like that: Say you are a confirmed workaholic, that you often work nights and weekends. Your family accepts this because it makes you fulfilled. If…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 41 – 45 Set of Five Questions Q. 41: You’ve been with your firm a long time. Won’t it be hard switching to a new company? Your interviewer is worried that this old horse will find it hard to learn new tricks. Best Answer can be – To overcome this objection, you must point to the many ways you have grown and adapted to changing conditions at your present firm. It has not been a static situation. Highlight the different responsibilities you’ve held, the wide array of new situations you’ve faced and…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 36 – 40 Set of Five Questions Q. 36: Why have you had so many job changes? Your interviewer fears you may leave this position quickly, as you have others. He’s concerned you may be unstable, or a “problem person” who can’t get along with others. Best Answer can be – First, before you even get to the interview stage, you should try to minimize your image as job hopper. If there are several entries on your resume of less than one year, consider eliminating the less important ones. Perhaps you can…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 31 – 35 Set of Five Questions Q. 31: What changes would you make if you came to us? Beware!!! This question can derail your candidacy faster than a bomb on the tracks – and just as you are about to be hired. Reason: No matter how bright you are, you cannot know the right actions to take in a position before you settle in and get to know the operation’s strengths, weaknesses key people, financial condition, methods of operation, etc. If you lunge at this temptingly baited question, you will probably…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 26 – 30 Set of Five Questions Q. 26: Why aren’t you earning more money at this stage of your career? You don’t want to give the impression that money is not important to you, yet you want to explain why your salary may be a little below industry standards. Best Answer can be – You like to make money, but other factors are even more important. Example: “Making money is very important to me, and one reason I’m here is because I’m looking to make more. Throughout my career, what’s been even…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 21 – 25 Set of Five Questions Q. 21: Would you lie for the company? This question compares two values against one another, in this case loyalty against integrity. Best Answer can be – Try to avoid choosing between two values, giving a positive statement, which covers all bases instead. Example: “I would never do anything to hurt the company..” If aggressively pressed to choose between two competing values, always choose personal integrity. It is the most prized of all values. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 22: Looking back, what would you do differently…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 16 – 20 Set of Five Questions Q. 16: Tell me about a situation when your work was criticized. This is a tough question because it’s a more clever and subtle way to get you to admit to a weakness. You can’t dodge it by pretending you’ve never been criticized. Everybody has been. Yet it can be quite damaging to start admitting potential faults and failures that you’d just as soon leave buried. This question is also intended to probe how well you accept criticism and direction. Best Answer can be…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 11 – 15 Set of Five Questions Q. 11: Why do you want to work at our company? This question tests whether you’ve done any homework about the firm. If you haven’t, you lose. If you have, you win big. Best Answer can be – This question is your opportunity to hit the ball out of the park, thanks to the in-depth research you should do before any interview. Best sources for researching your target company: annual reports, the corporate newsletter, contacts you know at the company or its suppliers, advertisements, articles…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 6 – 10 Set of Five Questions Q. 6: There is no Question but absolute silence i.e. an intentional “Silent Treatment” If you are unprepared for this question, you will probably not handle it right and possibly blow the interview. Thank goodness most interviewers don’t employ it. Those interviewers, who are determined to see how you respond under stress, normally use the Silent Treatment. Here’s how it works: You answer an interviewer’s question and then, instead of asking another, he just stares at you in a deafening silence. You wait, growing…

Tricky HR Interview Questions – Common for All: Q. 1 – 5 This is a collection of a bit tougher behavior-based interview questions, HR personnel enjoy asking the candidates while taking interviews for any type of the position in the organization. The candidates are usually uncomfortable answering these questions. But these are sort of bitter pills that need to be swallowed for an ultimate success. Hence you need to plan a sound strategy To help you understand how to tackle such questions in your job interview, a descriptive strategy cum suggestion is provided, after every question. Set of Five Questions…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 741 to 750 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 731 to Q 740 are at the end of this page: Q. 741: Consider the following activities that might relate to configuration management: I. Identify and document the characteristics of a test item II. Control changes to the characteristics of a test item III. Check a test item for defects introduced by a change IV. Record and report the status of changes to test items V. Confirm that changes to a test…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 731 to 740 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 721 to Q 730 are at the end of this page: Q. 731: Which of the following best describes integration testing? A. Testing performed to expose faults in the interfaces and in the interaction between integrated components. B. Testing to verify that a component is ready for integration. C. Testing to verify that the test environment can be integrated with the product. D. Integration of automated software test suites with the…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 721 to 730 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 711 to Q 720 are at the end of this page: Q. 721: Consider the following list of test process activities: I. Analysis and design II. Test closure activities III. Evaluating exit criteria and reporting IV. Planning and control V. Implementation and execution Which of the following places these in their logical sequence? A. I, II,III, IV and V. B. IV, I, V, III and II. C. IV, I, V, II…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 711 to 720 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 701 to Q 710 are at the end of this page: Q. 711: An exhaustive test suite would include: A. All combinations of input values and preconditions. B. All combinations of input values and output values. C. All pairs of input value and preconditions. D. All states and state transitions. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 712: Which statement about testing is true? A. Testing is started as early as possible in the…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 701 to 710 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 691 to Q 700 are at the end of this page: Q. 701: According to the ISTQB Glossary, what do we call a document that describes any event that occurred during testing which requires further investigation? A. A bug report B. A defect report C. An incident report D. A test summary report <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 702: A product risk analysis is performed during the planning stage of the test…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 691 to 700 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 681 to Q 690 are at the end of this page: Q. 691: Which of the following metrics would be most useful to monitor during test execution? A. Percentage of test cases written. B. Number of test environments remainin to be configured. C. Number of defects found and fixed. D. Percentage of requirements for which a test has been written. <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 692: During test execution, the test manager…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 681 to 690 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 671 to Q 680 are at the end of this page: Q. 681: When choosing which technique to use in a given situation, which factors should be taken into account? V. previous experience of types of defects found in this or similar systems W. the existing knowledge of the testers X. regulatory standards that apply Y. the type of test execution tool that will be used Z. the documentation available A.…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 671 to 680 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 661 to Q 670 are at the end of this page: Q. 671: Which of the following would be an example of decision-table testing for a financial application applied at the system-test level? A. A table containing rules for combinations of inputs to two fields on a screen. B. A table containing rules for interfaces between components. C. A table containing rules for mortgage applications. D. A table containing rules for…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 661 to 670 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 651 to Q 660 are at the end of this page: Q. 661: Which of the following faults can be found by a static analysis tool? I. Incorrect branch conditions logic. II. Variables which are used after being defined. III. Variables which are defined but never used. IV. Standards violations V. Illegal calls to routines A. III, IV and V B. II only B. I, II, III and IV D. II,…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 651 to 660 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 641 to Q 650 are at the end of this page: Q. 651: Which of the following is a test type? A. Component testing B. Functional testing C. System testing D. Acceptance testing <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 652: Which of the following is a non-functional quality characteristic? A. Feasibility B. Usability C. Maintenance D. Regression <<<<<< =================== >>>>>> Q. 653: Which of these is a functional test? A. Measuring response time…

ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 641 to 650 (Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam) Set of 10 Questions. Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 631 to Q 640 are at the end of this page: Q. 641: A company recently purchased a commercial off-the-shelf application to automate their bill paying process. They now plan to run an acceptance test against the package prior to putting it into production. Which of the following is their most likely reason for testing? A. To build confidence in the application. B. To detect bugs in the application. C. To…

Checklist for Doing Load Testing Load Testing is a part of performance testing that is meant for validating the performance related characteristics of the application while it gets loaded to the anticipated volume of loads during the actual production. 　　 Load testing checklist is a very powerful fact-gathering tool used to ensure that our new application behaves as expected when subjected to multi-user conditions under simulated conditions of simultaneous access by several virtual users. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns…

Roles of different experts like “Test Managers”, “Test Analysts” and “Technical Test Analysts” are quite inter-linked to some extent. The “Test Manager” is obviously responsible for managing the entire testing process. However the roles of “Test Analysts” and “Technical Test Analysts” are equally important since they are instrumental in implementing the testing process. A close understanding among the senior persons like “Test Manager”, “Test Analysts” and “Technical Test Analysts” is extremely important for the success of the project. Thus before analyzing the roles of the three experts, let us quickly go through the typical steps involved in a generic testing process.…

Project Cost Estimates verification Checklist The most important aspect of any project management effort is to ensure that project cost estimates are realistic ones. It is important to note that experience of the project manager counts a lot in making judgement on the plan estimates. Following checklist offers many thoughtfully designed questions to help the QA managers & team leads in making judgement on the accuracy of cost estimates. More number of check marks in the “Yes” column on the checklist indicates that the cost estimates are fairly accurate.   How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the…

Checklist for Testing the attributes of the system The attribute testing involves verification of various quality and productivity related attributes of a system being tested. An example includes the ease of introducing changes into the software. Following checklist offers many thoughtfully designed questions to help the QA managers & team leads in verifying the quality and productivity related attributes of the system.   How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2)…

Application Controls Testing Checklist The objective of control tests in an application are to validate the ability of internal controls to support accurate, complete, timely, and authorized processing. Following checklist offers many thoughtfully designed questions to help the QA managers & team leads in validating the adequacy of controls, essential according to statutory & regulatory requirements.   How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an…

An Introduction to Specification-Based Test Design Techniques as per ISTQB Advanced Level Syllabus Test analysts and technical test analysts lay major attention to design, implementation and execution of tests using various testing techniques. Specification-based techniques are one of such techniques. Specification-based techniques are popular by more refined names like behavior-based techniques or Black Box test design techniques. These techniques can be used for any level of test activity. These are used by both test analysts and technical test analysts, but exploited mainly by the test analysts. Code is designed and developed from the software requirement�s specifications (SRS) documents being the primary…

Checklist for Doing an Assessment of a Project Plan It is quite tedious to ascertain as to whether a project plan is complete or not. There are many considerations that need to be addressed while finalizing the plan of a software project. Following checklist offers many thoughtfully designed questions to help the QA managers & team leads in assessing the completeness of their software project plan. A project plan may be termed as incomplete, if the following checklist identifies large number of checkpoints bearing negative response. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results…

Test Plan Making Checklist Objective of making quality plans is to describe as to how you want to fulfill the requirements of your quality system. Every quality plan essentially contains a comprehensive list of quality objectives you wish to achieve, and the actions needed to be taken to achieve such objectives. Following checklist offers many thoughtfully designed questions or check points to help the QA managers & team leads in creating test plans for their software development products, projects & their processes.   How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a…

Implementation of ISO 9001 Checklist ISO 9001 is an international quality management system. It specifies the standards for designing, developing, servicing, and producing acceptable quality goods. It is very well applicable to most of the software development industry as well. ISO certification in itself does not guarantee any extraordinary quality of the product. It offers an assurance to the buyer that the product intended to be purchased has been developed by the organization that demonstrates its commitment to systematically manage, authorize and control its entire development processes. It is important to understand that mere availability of documented systems or procedures…

Automated Testing Tool Selection Checklist It is quite cumbersome to identify a tool that is appropriate for a particular project. There are many considerations that need to be addressed while selecting a tool. Following checklist offers many thoughtfully designed questions to help the QA managers & team leads in taking a decision to select an automated testing tool. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against…

Error Testing Checklist The error tests are performed to identify errors in data elements, data element relationships, record and file relationships, as well as logical processing conditions. Error testing checklist is a very powerful fact-gathering tool used to ensure that various data elements are free from errors. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is…

Procedures Testing Defects Checklist The procedures testing checklist is a very powerful fact gathering cum quality control testing tool that is used to verify the software to verify the operating, terminal, and communications procedures. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is True. 3) A checkmark in the “N/A” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint…

Stress Testing Phase Defects Checklist The objective of stress test is to verify that the system can perform properly when subjected to a large volume of transactions, or when internal program or system limitations have been exceeded. Thus the stress testing phase defect checklist is a very powerful fact gathering cum quality control testing tool that is used to verify the performance of the system under stressful conditions. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect…

Field Testing Defects Checklist A field-tests are limited to a specific field or data element. However the field-testing checklist is a very powerful fact-gathering tool used to validate that all processing related to the particular field is performed correctly. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is True. 3) A checkmark in the “N/A” column against an…

File Testing Defects Checklist The file testing checklist is a very powerful fact-gathering tool used to verify that all needed files are included in the system being tested. This also verifies that they are properly documented in the operating infrastructure, and that the files connect properly with the software components that need data from those files.   How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an…

Record Testing Defects Checklist The record testing checklist is a very powerful fact-gathering tool used to validate that all records can be created, entered, processed, stored, and output correctly. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is True. 3) A checkmark in the “N/A” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is…

Program Coding Phase Defects Checklist The coding phase defect checklist is a very powerful fact gathering cum quality control testing tool that is used to verify the coding of the system.   How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is True. 3) A checkmark in the “N/A” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the…

Unit Design Phase Defects Checklist The unit design phase defect checklist is a very powerful fact gathering cum quality control testing tool that is used to verify the unit design of the system. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is True. 3) A checkmark in the “N/A” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or…

Physical Design Phase Defects Checklist The physical design phase defect checklist is a very powerful fact gathering cum quality control testing tool that is used to verify the physical design of the system. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is True. 3) A checkmark in the “N/A” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or…

Logical Design Phase Defects Checklist The logical design phase defect checklist is a very powerful fact gathering cum quality control testing tool that is used to verify the logical design of the system. How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is True. 3) A checkmark in the “N/A” column against an item indicates…

Requirements Phase Defects Checklist The requirements phase defect checklist is a very powerful fact gathering cum quality control testing tool that is used to verify the functional needs and specifications for the system.   How to use the following checklist: 1) We record the conditions or observed results by marking a checkmark in either of the 2 – data columns against various check points or defect statements on the checklist. 2) A checkmark in the “Yes” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint or the defect statement is True. 3) A checkmark in the “N/A” column against an item indicates that the checkpoint…

Software Change Request Form and Its Sample Template Had this world been perfect, a system would be created and there would be no future changes. Unfortunately, it is not a perfect world and after a system is deployed, many changes are needed, thereby giving birth to change requests.Change request is a documented request to modify the current software system, usually supplied by the user. It is typically different from a defect report, which reports an anomaly in the system. Change request is generated as a part of the configuration control activity under the process of SCM. Some of the reasons…

Defect Report and Its Sample Template A defect report documents an anomaly discovered during testing. It includes all the information needed to reproduce the problem, including the author, release/build number, open/close dates, problem area, problem description, test environment, defect type, how it was detected, who detected it, priority, severity, status, etc. Download Defect Report Template (MS Word Format) for your own use Preview of the Defect Report Template   References: 1) The Art of Software Testing – Myers, Glenford J. 2) Software Testing & Continuous Quality Improvement � W E Lewis Download Many More Testing Templates Download Several Checklists for Testers &…

Test Schedule and Its Sample Template A test schedule includes the testing steps or tasks, the target start and end dates, and responsibilities. It should also describe how the test will be reviewed, tracked, and approved. Download Test Schedule Tem[plate (MS Word Format) for your own use Preview of the Test Schedule Template   References: 1) The Art of Software Testing – Myers, Glenford J. 2) Software Testing & Continuous Quality Improvement � W E Lewis Download Many More Testing Templates Download Several Checklists for Testers & Developers  Download Many More Checklists for QA Managers & Team Leads

Unit Test Plan and Its Sample Template Unit test plan is based on the program or design specification and is required for a formal test environment. Contents of a typical unit test plan are described in the following table. Download Unit Test Plan Template (MS Word Format) for your own use Preview of the Unit Test Plan Template   References: 1) The Art of Software Testing – Myers, Glenford J. 2) Software Testing & Continuous Quality Improvement � W E Lewis Download Many More Testing Templates Download Several Checklists for Testers & Developers  Download Many More Checklists for QA Managers & Team Leads

Acceptance Test Plan and Its Sample Template The acceptance test plan or system test plan is based on the requirement specifications and is required for a formal test environment. Acceptance evaluates the functionality and performance of the entire application and consists of a variety of tests like. a) Performance Tests b) Usability Tests c) Stress Tests d) Documentation Tests e) Security Tests f) Volume Tests g) Recovery Tests etc. Acceptance testing is a user-run test which demonstrates the application�s ability to meet the original business objectives and system requirements. Contents of a typical acceptance test plan are described in the…

A Generic Test Plan and Its Sample Template A Test Plan is the primary document providing the basis for doing testing in an organized manner. It is extremely important document for the project managers, using which they are able to manage the testing projects. If a test plan is intelligently drawn, it helps in smooth sailing for the test execution and analysis activities. The test plan acts as a dynamic document, especially in the constantly changing spiral environments. It changes according to the changes in the system. It provides a framework, which contains majority of the important planning considerations. Download…

Test Log Summary Report and Its Sample Template A test log summary report documents the test cases from the tester’s test logs, either in progress or completed. The objective of test log summary report is to report the status and metric collection. Download Test Log Summary Report Template (MS Word Format) for your own use Preview of the Test Log Summary Report Template   References: 1) The Art of Software Testing – Myers, Glenford J. 2) Software Testing & Continuous Quality Improvement � W E Lewis Download Many More Testing Templates Download Several Checklists for Testers & Developers  Download Many More Checklists for QA…

Test Case Log and Its Sample Template The test case log documents different test cases for a particular test type to be executed during testing. It also records the results of the tests, which provides the detailed evidence for the test log summary report and enables us to reconstruct the test, if necessary. Download Test Case Log Template (MS Word Format) for your own use Preview of the Test Case Log Template   References: 1) The Art of Software Testing – Myers, Glenford J. 2) Software Testing & Continuous Quality Improvement � W E Lewis Download Many More Testing Templates Download Several Checklists…

Test Case and Its Sample Template A test case defines step-by-step process by which a test is executed. A test case is a set of test inputs, execution conditions, and expected results developed for certain test objective. It includes the objectives and conditions of the test, the steps needed to set up the test, the data inputs, and the expected and actual results. Other information like the type of software, environment, version, test ID, screen, and test type etc. are also included in it. Download Test Case Template (MS Word Format) for your own use Preview of the Test Case…